Ambulatory Fall-Risk Assessment: Amount and Quality of Daily-Life Gait Predict Falls in Older Adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 608-615

  Van Schooten, Kimberley S ^a   Pijnappels, Mirjam ^a   Rispens, Sietse M ^a   Elders, Petra J M ^b   Lips, Paul ^b   Van Dieën, Jaap H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Accidental falls; Activities of daily living; Activity monitoring; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCELEROMETRY; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84930803956     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu225     Document Type: Article

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